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  1. AP Interview: ElBaradei says Egypt has ways to go
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    He told The Associated Press that choice between reformist, Islamist or pragmatist pales behind getting Egyptians to agree "on the basic common values that they're going to live under." (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)Former Director General of the International... Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

  2. AP Interview: ElBaradei says Egypt has ways to go
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    Becoming president has "never been my priority," he said in an interview. "My priority is to make sure that we put the country on the right track. I think I am much more effective working outside the system." Former Director General of the International... Full Article at The State

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 hours ago
    This file photo taken on May 2, 2012 shows Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she attended a session at the lower house of parliament during which she read her parliamentary oath in Naypyidaw. Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi...

    This file photo taken on May 2, 2012 shows Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she attended a session at the lower house of parliament during which she read her parliamentary oath in Naypyidaw. Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi... View Photo »

  4. They televise THIS - and they DON'T do the Nobel Peace Prize
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 weeks ago
  5. A time was had by all
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    Sims also graduated magna cum laude in mathematics from Harvard College in 1963. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard Kennedy School alumna, is a co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Saul Perlmutter ’81, Brian P. Schmidt, Ph.D. ’93,... Full Article at Harvard Gazette

  6. AP Interview: ElBaradei says Egypt has ways to go
    FindLaw: AP News 2 hours ago

    "The fact is that this Arab spring has taken place and there is no going back ... the culture of fear is no longer. ElBaradei shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the International Atomic Energy agency during his tenure as IAEA chief before the end of... Full Article at FindLaw: AP News

  7. AP Interview: Ex-UN nuclear chief says unity is Egypt's most important challenge after vote
    FOX News logo FOX News 2 hours ago

    "The fact is that this Arab spring has taken place and there is no going back ... the culture of fear is no longer. ElBaradei shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the International Atomic Energy agency during his tenure as IAEA chief before the end of... Full Article at FOX News

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 15 hours ago
    Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed El Baradei speaks to media in Vienna, Austria, Thursday May 24, 2012. As Egyptians chose their first democratically elected president, reform...

    Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed El Baradei speaks to media in Vienna, Austria, Thursday May 24, 2012. As Egyptians chose their first democratically elected president, reform... View Photo »

  9. So, they televise this, and they don’t do the Nobel Peace Prize?
    SOURCE: Popwatch 3 weeks ago
  10. Three women share Nobel Peace Prize.
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 5 months ago
  11. Welcome to the world's nicest prison
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    Bastoy Prison in Norway is perhaps the nicest on Earth, and it's home to hard criminals. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Bastoy prison is on an island in southern Norway There are no fences or armed guards; inmates hold the keys to locks Inmates have access to... Full Article at CNN

  12. Myanmar must cope with protest, avoid violence: ASEAN chief
    Moneycontrol.com logo Moneycontrol.com 3 hours ago

    After tolerating the protests for days, police broke up a crowd in the town of Pyi and several members of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party were detained for questioning in the city of Mandalay. Association of South East... Full Article at Moneycontrol.com

  13. Myanmar must cope with protest, avoid violence - ASEAN chief
    Reuters Africa logo Reuters Africa 3 hours ago

    After tolerating the protests for days, police broke up a crowd in the town of Pyi and several members of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party were detained for questioning in the city of Mandalay. Association of South East... Full Article at Reuters Africa

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  1. This file photo taken on May 2, 2012 shows Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she attended a session at the lower house of parliament during which she read her parliamentary oath in Naypyidaw. Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Bangkok next week on...
  2. Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed El Baradei speaks to media in Vienna, Austria, Thursday May 24, 2012. As Egyptians chose their first democratically elected president, reform leader ElBaradei says who wins is...
  3. Liberian peace activist and joint winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Leymah Gbowee speaks during the launch of the 'All Girls to School', at the federal parliament in Brussels, on May 9, 2012. The campaign aims at offering girls quality education as a solution to poverty and improve...
  4. Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters (L) (CD&V Flemish christian democrats) poses with Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, during a meeting on May 8, 2012 in Brussels. joint winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize is responsible for leading a women's peace movement that brought an...
  5. Nobel Peace Prize 2011 winner Tawakkol Karman gives a speech at a seminar organized by UNESCO and Tunisian Government on 'new voices, media freedom helping to transition societies ' on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 4, 2012 in Tunis.
  6. UNESCO General Director Irina Bokova(R) greets Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Tawakkol Karmanm winner (L) at a seminar organized by UNESCO on 'new voices, media freedom helping to transition soceaties ' on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 4, 2012 in Tunis.
  7. UNESCO General Director Irina Bokova(R) gestures with Nobel Peace Prize 2011winner Tawakkol Karman(L) at a seminar organized by UNESCO on 'new voices, media freedom helping to transition societies ' on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 4, 2012 in Tunis.
  8. Tunisian prime minister Hamadi Jebali(R) greets UNESCO General Director Irina Bokova(C) and Nobel Peace Prize 2011winner Tawakkol Karman(L) at a seminar organized by UNESCO on 'new voices, media freedom helping to transition societies ' on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May...
  9. Nobel Peace Prize 2011 laureate Tawakol Karman delivers a speech at a seminar organized by the UNESCO on 'new voices, freedom of the press a vector processing companies' as part of the World Press Freedom Day on April 4, 2012 in Tunis.

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The Nobel Peace Prize (Scandinavian languages: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. They televise THIS - and they DON'T do the Nobel Peace Prize
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 weeks ago
  2. So, they televise this, and they don’t do the Nobel Peace Prize?
    SOURCE: Popwatch 3 weeks ago
  3. Look, I think the whole world is watching ... This is a moment when the human rights rhetoric of the administration meets the road. Does President Obama deserve that Nobel Peace Prize or not? And I think that there are freedom activists looking to America – as they always have as a beacon and a sanctuar...
    – Michelle Malkin SOURCE: Mediaite.com 3 weeks ago
  4. We just had to give this dude a Nobel. I know, strictly speaking, he doesn’t qualify for the Nobel Peace prize, but then what do you do if the guy is a polymath whose legacy straddles a multitude of scientific and non scientific disciplines. Rules have to be bent to accommodate people of such exceptiona...
    SOURCE: Cricket Country 3 weeks ago
  5. Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who is now in his third year of an eleven-year prison sentence for ‘subversion,’ made it clear after his arrest that he would not accept exile as an alternative to prison. From what friends of Chen in Beijing have been saying in recent days, it seems that Chen is...
    SOURCE: The New York Times 3 weeks ago
  6. The Nobel Peace Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, as Jay Nordlinger argues in this erudite and insightful history. He has written not only the go-to reference book for the prize and its laureates but also an important philosophical reflection on the nature of ‘peace’ in modern times.
    SOURCE: The Corner-National Review Online 3 weeks ago
  7. I saw Madam Sirleaf's election by Liberians in 2006 as a complete victory for the entire African continent because she has proven every honor given her, even the Nobel Peace Prize
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  8. After he left office, Vice President Gore won an Oscar and the Nobel Peace Prize. Hey, I don’t know, I might win a prize — Publisher’s Clearinghouse, or something.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 3 weeks ago
  9. The parallel here would be when Liu Xiaobo got the Nobel Peace Prize
    SOURCE: NPR 3 weeks ago
  10. That’s the Nobel Peace Prize of cooking ... It’s a big deal.
    SOURCE: The Register Guard 3 weeks ago
  11. We were then able to present at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum last year at Luther, and people began to think more seriously about Paigaam
    SOURCE: Chips 4 weeks ago
  12. My generation is not going to eliminate nuclear weapons. Their generation, if it’s going to be done, is going to have to do it, because that’s how long and difficult a job it is ... So what I hope happens here is that we can use the star power of these Nobel Peace Prize winners to interest and motivate ...
    SOURCE: CBS2 Chicago 4 weeks ago
  13. Every war that was fought in this country she had a hand in. If you can give her a Nobel Peace Prize then you can give one to Prince Johnson [the warlord who killed the late Liberian President Samuel Doe].
    SOURCE: The Independent 4 weeks ago
  14. When Chicago gets a NATO summit and a Nobel Peace Prize laureates meeting, it brings people to Chicago ... It's not going to erase the Al Capone or Michael Jordan memory overnight, but it raises the city's profile in an area where we really need it — being in the world spotlight.
    SOURCE: Chicago Tribune 1 month ago
  15. The President will also tour the museum with and be introduced by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  16. We don't have any leaders that have won the Nobel Peace Prize like the Dalai Lama or Aung San Suu Kyi. These are voices with international influence
    SOURCE: TwinCities.com 1 month ago
  17. The Millennium Technology Prize is like the Nobel Peace Prize of technology ... Linus Torvalds embodies the innovation and collaborative spirit that this award stands for, and we congratulate him on this tremendous honor.
    SOURCE: Street Insider 1 month ago
  18. The reason is that she really appreciate[s] Norway very much, [and its] support towards Burma democratization. And of course she also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, so that is her wish to travel [there]
    SOURCE: GlobalSecurity.org 1 month ago
  19. It is well known that the so-called Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by Norwegian politicians and that Norway is a member of NATO. In other words the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by NATO politicians in order to further their own political interests. And now we have the Nobel Prizers finally come out of the ...
    SOURCE: Kansas City Infozine 1 month ago
  20. It is well known that the so-called Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by Norwegian politicians and that Norway is a member of NATO. In other words the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by NATO politicians in order to further their own political interests. And now we have the Nobel Prizers finally come out of the ...
    SOURCE: Kansas City Infozine 1 month ago
  21. NATO WARFEST in Chicago. But of course the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger. Nobel 'Peace Prize'? Tell that to millions in war after war -- Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and now threatening Syria and Iran.
    SOURCE: Kansas City Infozine 1 month ago
  22. I feel like I should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 1 month ago
  23. I'm actually really excited because someone who won a Nobel Peace Prize ... It's one of the greatest honors you can get.
    SOURCE: WLS 1 month ago
  24. Nobel Peace Prize Winner defends law criminalizing homosexuality in Liberia
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  25. Christos Zerefos, president of the National Observatory in Athens, and his colleague, Professor Alcibiades Bais of Thessaloniki University, have received a certificate commemorating their involvement with the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along w...
    SOURCE: Junk Science 2 months ago

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